Shark Attack Fatalities

Statistic Verification

Source: International Shark Attack File

Research Date: July 12th, 2014

A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year around 75 shark attacks are reported worldwide. Despite their relative rarity, many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series. Out of more than 480 shark species, only three are responsible for two-digit number of fatal unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger and bull; however, the oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more castaways, not recorded in the statistics.